Multiple winding-machine.



W. E., F. W. 6: J. '1. WRIGHT.

MULTIPLE WINDING MACHINE.

APPLIDATIOH mum KOV.2,1907.

91 3,604. Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

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MULTIPLE WINDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2,1907.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909. n

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WILLIAM E. WRIGHT, FREDERICK W. WRIGHT, AND JAMES T. WRIGHT, OF NEWARK, NEW

' JERSEY.

MULTIPLE WINDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

Application filed. November 2, 1907. Serial No. 400,418.

To all whom it may concern:

Multiple Winding-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in machines for winding tape upon cards.

Many kinds of tape, braid, and similar things are wound upon cards of pasteboard to prepare them for the market.

The object of our invention is to produce a machine which will do this work rapidly and well.

The-invention as we have shown it is especially adapted for winding tape which has been folded, and the machine is intended to carry the tape through a series of folders and against a heated rollerwhich smooths the tape and makes the fold permanent, and then to carry a series of these tapes over a tension. device and to a machine which will simultaneously and accurately wind a comautomatically when the tension weight gets below a certain point. .The machine is intended to have the folding part run constantly, and the winding part1 takes care of the tapes which come from the tension roll and folders, and after the winding is stopped temporarily, the mechanism will be again started automatically in time to take care of the ta es which come from the folders, so that th and no stopping of the folding machine.

Another object of our invention is to provide a convenient means for inserting and removing a large number of cards, and for having. one series of cards wound while another series is bein put into the ma- .chine, to the end that t e work may go constantly on.

Still another object of our invention is toprovide means for easily placing the unwound cards in the machine and for as easily removing those that have been wound.

With'these ends in view, and with the ere will be no lessening of tensiongeneral object of producing a machine which will do the character of work above outlined rapidly and in the best manner, our invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations or parts which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this s ecification, in which similar reference c aracters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, of the apparatus embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a detail diagrammatic -view of the tension device for carrying a.

series of tapes. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the winding part of the machine. Fig. 4 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, of the winding part of the machine. Fig. 5 is a detail showing a means for returning the guide bar and spools of the machine and operating the clutch, a part of the mechanism being slightly modified as compared with that in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail end view of the winding frame. Fig. 8 is a detail section on the line 8 ofFig. 3, showing the winding frame, a card therein, and the means for fastening the tapes. Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9 of Fig. 3. Fi 10 is a cross section on the line 1()10 0 Fig. 11 is a detail longitudinal section 0 the guide frame used in inserting cards in the winding frame. Fig. 12 is a broken detail side view of the card holder, and Fi 13 is a cross section on the line 13-13 of ig. 11. The apparatus comprises a winding machine'which is mounted in a suitable frame 10, and has a table 11, and also a part mounted on a separate frame 1O which carries the folders 13 through which the several tapes 12 pass. The tapes are drawn continuously through the folders and partly around a smoothing and heating roller 14, which has an internal steam pipe 15 for heatin it, al-

thoughit can be heated in any suitab e way. This part of the apparatus we do not claim as novel. The several tapes after being folded and pressed by the parts 13 and 14, pass through a series of yieldingly suspended tension pulleys 16,.shown best in Figs. 1 and 2, and these are each mounted in a hanger 17 which connects with a spring 18, and this is supported from the cross bar 19. The cross other hand, has a tendency to wind the shaft .22 in a direction to pull up on the pulleys 16,

and so the tension is maintained on the tapes 12, and the pulleys 16 can move through a relatively wide space. The winding machine must of necessity work intermittently, but the tapes 12 are drawn constantly through the folders and around the ironing roller 14;, and this tension device which we have just described, is intended to act automatically described later.

to start the winding mechanism when the weight 26 drops too low or the pulleys 16 are raised too high. The means for doing this will be described below.

The object of the arrangement above described is to give the operator time enoughwhile the tension rollers'are being raised, to turn the card holders hereinafter referred to, and insert anew set of cards in one side of the winding machine, all as hereinafter described. The tapes 12 after passing over the tension pulleys 16, pass down to the winding apparatus, to which they are delivered through a series of guide spools 27, there being a spool for each tape, and these are adjustably secured by meanspof nuts 27 or equivalent fastenings to the threaded rack bar 28 which slides in suitable supports 29. The rack bar and its spools are movable longitudinally, and .these parts are given a step by step movement to the left as is shown in Fig. 3, and a single movement to the right corresponding to the movement of all the steps. The step by step movement is for the purpose of causing the bar and guide spools to be moved over a step the width of the tape, so that when the tapes have been given a certain number of winds on the cards 30, they will be stepped over so that the same number of winds may be given on f-reshparts of the card and so on until each card is fully wound. Themeans for doing this will be The cards 30 are the ordinary cards of commerce for receiving tape, and they are held between two sets of parallel bars 31, each two pairs of bars being connected by a cross piece 32 at one end, thus forming a double two pronged fork for receiving a series of cards, and there are two of these pronged forks or card holders for the machine, so that when one series ofcards are being wound, the other series can be removed from the machine without-sto ping the latter. From the construction s own and described it will be understood that The cross piece 32 of each card holder has a wedge-shaped slot 32 therein, which receivesa pin 32 on the boss 36, which will be presently referred to, so that the card holder can be readily placed in the boss and will then be properly centered and held as pres--' ently described. Each card holder has at one end and on opposite sidesand. near opposite edges, a holding. clip 33 (see Fig. '9)- which is a spring'clip, and is adapted to secure the fastening bar: 34 which slides-beneath the clip and fastens the tape ends in place upon the cards. For convenience the v fastening barhas preferably a handle 35 at from the clip 33 and from the plate 40, to be hereinafter referred to. The cross piece or base 32'of each card holder rests in a socket 37 of the rotatable boss or stud 36,

which has a prolonged under side 38 (see Q one end, so that'it canbe easily withdrawn Fig. 10).on which the part 32 rests, and it is thispart' 38 which supports the pin- 32 already referred to. A reduced end 36? of the stud 36 extends through and turns in the cross head 39 which forms one part of the frame for supporting the. card holder, so that they can be simultaneously turned and the relative positions reversed. It is through the medium of the projecting end 36* that the boss 36 and the card holder connected therewith are turned. The open ends of the bar 31 of the fork or card holder enter slots ll in'a plate f0 (see Figs.'3 and 7) and already referred to. This is shown best' in vFig. 10. To provide for readily entering the free ends of the card holder in the slots 41 of the plate 40, an angle guide 42 is preferably arranged on the plate 4E0 below the slot 41. The lateral slot &0' leads from only one of the slots 41 as shown in Fig. 7 because when'the machine receives the tapes and is ready'to start, this slot will always be uppermost in the position shown inthe figure just referred to. The plates f0 have abutments 43 to push against the nearest card 30, as shown in Fig. 3,'and the plates are provided with collars 43 on the back (see Figs- 3 and 10) which are fast on the stud 44 and are normallypressed by springs 45 so as to hold the plates snug'u against the cards 30, with the ends 31 of he card holders in engagement with the aforesaid slots .41. -The studs 44 rotate in the head 39 which forms the second end of the support for the cardholders, and the two parts 39 and 39 turn with the shaft or trunnion 46 which is held in suitable supports 47.

In order that the cards may be easily-inserted in the card holder, we provide a guide have been placed in the guide frame 48 while the machine is winding the previous set, are allslipped in the fork at one operation, thc'open ends of the forks are placed on theangle guide 42 and inserted in the openings 41 in the plate till the end card 30 comes in contact with the abutment 43, the cross piece is placed in engagement with the boss 36 and pressed into the socket 37 so that the plate 40 is pushed back against the tension of the spring which securely locks "all the cards in the fork. The next setof cards is placed in guide frames 48 ready for the next fork be filled, and upon the automatic stopping of the winder, the wound cards and the fork just filledwith cards, are simultaneously turned and their relative-positions reversed by revolving the wound cards over and empty cards under the shaft 46 so that the empty cards'are in position for starting with the several strips of tape 12 lying across each caru. The fastening bar 34 is then Withdrawn from thewound cards and placed over the strips of tape 12 on empty cards, one end is slipped into. the opening 40- in the plate 40, and the other end is snapped under the clip 33, thereby holding securely the several tapes 12 on their respective cards, then the tapes are out between the two sets of cards with a scissors and the machine is ready to start at once or when the weight 26 reaches the cup 77. i

In operation each card holder has to be separately turned, and to provide for this and to control the guiding mechanism and locking mechanism of the winding apparatus, we use an escapement and clutching de- .vice shown at A, which is not new in detail,

butjthe connections between which and the card holders are novel, as are also the'means for starting the 'said escapement and clutch" mechanism, and for locking and unlocking the winding device in connection with such clutch mechanism. To provide for connectingin an operative driving manner the card holder'withthe clutch and escapement mech anism, the projecting stud 36 of each card holder hasa lateral pin 51 which engages one side of a latch or pawl 52 by simple contacttherewith, as shown best in Fig. 10, and

this latch or pawl is pivoted as shown at 53 on the head 54'of the rotating shaft 55, and l a spring 56 pushes the pawl 52 into engagement with the pin 51, and it also permits the pawl to tip back when theholding frame or support 39-39? is turned over to reverse the posltionof the card holder, as will presently with a pulley 63 on the driving shaft .64

which is driven by a pulley 65, but obviously this and the other driving connections described, can be used, or other equivalent driving mechanism can be substituted. The pulley 57 is provided on one side with pins 66 which engage pins on the sliding sleeve 67 on the shaft 55, this sleeve having thereon a friction wheel 68 which engages a friction wheel or shoe 69, the latter being fast on the machine frame. We have not shown this clutch mechanism with great detail because it is not new, and other clutch mechanism can be substituted for it. It will be seen, however, that when the pinson the clutch engage, the shaft will turn, and it will also cause the boss 36 and its connecting card holder to turn by reason of the connection between the pin 51 and pawl 52. When, on the other hand, the wheel is moved into connection with the shoe 69, the shaft 55 and connected parts stop instantly, and the parts are timed so that when so stopped the card holder will be in the position shownin Figs. 3 and 8, which position brings the tape fastening bar on the top side of the card holder where it can be conveniently operated as shown.

The clutch just described is worked by a lever 70 which engages the sleeve 67 and is fulcrumed as shown at 71. moved in one direction by a bell-crank lever 73 which is fulcrumed as shown at 74, and is- This lever is actuated by a tilting lever 75 '(see Figs. 1

and 3) and the lever 75 is fulcrumed as shown at 76 and provided with anabutment plate 77 arraliged in the path of the weight 26, which has already been referred to. It will now be seen that when the weight 26 drops low so as to raise the pulleys 16 too high,it will strike the abutment plate 77,

and through the lever mechanism just de-- scribed, operate the clutch and start the winding apparatus. The card holdin supports3939 are normally locked in t e desired position by a lever 78, which at one end i is notched as shown at 79 to form a latch which engages the pin 80 on the top of the support 81. shown at 82, and its short end is shaped to engage. the head 39 forming one end of the support for the card holders. This locks the card winding mechanism against movement in one direction, and it is locked against movement in the other direction by the spring 84 (see Fig. 4) which is secured to the table 11, and which normally springs beneath the part 39.

The lever 78 is fulcrumed as The movement of the rack bar 28 to guide the tapes 12 to the winding mechanism, 1s controlled through the escapement A, above referred to, and enough of this is shown to merely illustrate its operation, but the escapement is not itself claimed. The escape- -ment has a toothed Wheel 85 which carries described: The toothed wheel 85 is engaged by a pawl 87* (see Fig. 1) and'the pawl is moved out of engagement with the wheel by an arm 88*, or by a handle 89 which is 4 attached, so that the escapement may be the s worked by hand if desired. The arm 88 is engagpd by the arm 90 which is carried by aft 91, and this shaft connects with the shaft 55 by a train of gearing 92, not

shown in detail, as the arran ement is common, and the gearln 1s drlven from the winding-shaft 55 and 1s timed so that after a given number of winds of thetape on the cards '30, the arm 90 will engage the arm 88 and actuate the pawl 87 a so that the escapement will permit the spring 88 to turn the shaft 87 and move the rack bar 28 the distance of one tooth, thus causin the tapes to be wound on a fresh part 0 the cards. The locking lever 78 is moved in one direction by'a pin 93 on the rack bar, which movement locks the lever and secures the support 39 of the card holders, and the lever 78 is moved in the opposite direction so'as to release the card holding supports and permit the card holders to be tipped over by a pin 94 on the said rack bar, these pins 93 and 94 being preferably secured in collars 93 and 94 on the rack bar. Thus, as willpresently appear, the card holders are held in proper position until it is time for them to be tipped over and they are then automatically released. I

We provide for automatically returning the rack bar to place and for windin up the spring 88, by the mere turning o the support for the card holders. To this end we arrange a crank arm 95 in the path of the head 39, so that when the latter is turned it will strike and turn the arm 95 which is .-on the end of the lever 96, turning in suitable bearings 97 (see Fig. 4) and connecting with a horizontal lever 98, the latter of WhlCh has a fork 99 operating a clutch 100 which is mounted on the shaft 100 see Fig.

as shown at 102, and this arm connects by a cord or similar connection 103 with a pulley 104 (see Fig. 3) on the shaft of the escapement wheel 65,. so that when the winding apparatus is tipped over, the rack bar 28 will be pulled backto its original position, and the escapement spring w' In this connection it will be noticed that the rack bar 28 also carries an arm 106 which is adapted to engage the lever 70, already referred to, and move the lever in a direction to stop the winding mechanism when the rack bar has reached the limit of its movement in one direction. i

In Fig. 6 it will be seen that the clutch 100 isnormally pressed by the spring 107 so as tobring the. arm 108 thereon out of engagement with the pin 109 in the shaft 100,

but when'the clutch is actuated as already described by the fork 99, the pin 109 and arm 107 are thrown into enga ement, and the arm 101 is turned but is on y iven one revolution which is sufficient to pul the rack bar 28 back to place. InFigs. 5 and 6 we have shown the arrangement slightly modified from that shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and

in the modified form the cable 103 connectsdirect to the rack bar 28 instead of with a.

pulley on the escapement shaft.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the tapes are constantly fed through the folders, that the proper tension is constantly maintained, that the multiple cards can be easily inserted in the card ho ers, and that one:set of cardsis being wound while the others are being removed. It will also beseen that the card winding mechan anism is automatically locked when the cards are in position to be wound, and that when the cards are wound, the rack bar 28 will have moved so as to cause the pin 94 to engage the locking lever 78 and release thewinding mechanism so that it 'may be turned over. It will be observed that the escapement provides for guiding the tapes properly to the winding cards, and that the clutch mechanism for driving the winding apparatus is adapted to stop automatically and accurately when a set of cards are wound. It will be seen further, that the tension device acts automatically to start the winding apparatus at the right time,- that the machine is automatically locked in the right position when the cards are wound,

be re-wound.

and, as stated, automatically started by the fall of the tension weights, and in general that I am enabled to wind 3. series of cards very rapidly and very accurately, as the machine .takes care of itself except for the lac-' ing of the cards in and" removing o the wound-cards from the machine.

- "Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 2 1. .A machine of the kinddescribed, commeans for independently rotating the card holders in their support.

2. A multiple winding machine, comprising a rotatable support, card holders mounted'injthe said support and turning independently therein, means for guiding a tape to each card in a card holder, and a fastening device to secure the free ends of the tapes to-the cards.

.3. A multiple winding machine, comprisin a rotatable support, card holders detachably secured in the said support, each card holder bein adapted to carry a plurality of cards and eing rotatable independent on the aforesaid supports, and means for iding the tapesv to the cards in the card olders.

4. In a machine of the kind described, a card holder comprising opposed pairs of parallel prongs spaced apart, open at the vfree ends, and adapted to receivecards, a

cross piece connecting the pairs of prongs at one end, and fastening devices on the card holder to fasten a bar'thereto.

5., A multi le winding machine, comprisa rotata le support, inde endent card ho ders detachably and rotatab y secured in the said support, means for independently 7 adapted to -en age the said clips and lie I i a lie prongs against the cards 4 parallel with t turning the cardholders, and a guidin device to guide tapes to the several car s in the holders.

6. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with the forked card holders havin plural pairs of prongs spaced apart and t e fastening clips thereon at n ht angles to. the prongs, of a fastening ar in a holder, and means for securing the free end of the fastening bar.

7. In a multi le winding machine, the combination wit the forked card holder adapted to hold a series of cards, 0; means for securing the base of the forked card holder, a spring pressed slotted plate to enga e the points of the forked card holder, and mechanism for rotating said card holder supporting means.

8'. In amachine of the kind described, the combination with the forked card holder adapted to receive a series of cards, of'a rotatable boss for securing one end ofthe card holder, and a rotatable slotted spring pressed plate for securing the opposite ends of the card holder.

9. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with the forked card holder, of the rotatable boss for receiving one end of the ,card holder, the spring pressed slotted rotatable plate for receiving the opposite end of the card holder. a astening bar lying parallel with the card holde and against the cards therein, and means for securing the fastening bar.

ing a rotatable support, opposed card holders detachably secured and independently rotatable in the said support, means for guiding the tapes to and securing them in one of the card holders, and a lock to fix the position of the said rotatable support.

11. A multiple Winding machine comprising a rotatable support, card holders detachably secured in said support and independently rotatable therein, means for guiding tapes to the cards-in the card holders, a i look to fix the position of the rotatable support, and automatic means for operatin the lock at the beginning and ending of the winding operation.

12. A multiple winding machine comprising a rotatable support, card holders independently rotatable in the said sup ort, means for guiding ta s to the card hol ers, a locking evice to x the position of the rotatable support, and a group of Inechaib ism controlling the movement of the tape guide, the driving means for rotating the card holder, and the lock for the rotatable support. I

1,3. A multiple winding machine comprising a rotatable support, card holders inde 'pendently rotatable in the said sup ort, a tape guide movable opposite the car holders, an escapement for moving the tape guide, driving mechanism for turning each card holder, and means for releasing the escapement and actuating the tape uide at a predetermined number of revolutions of the drivin mechanism.

' 14. multiple winding machine comprisrotatable support, card holders independently rotatable'in the said support, tape guides movable parallel with the card holders, a lock for the rotatable support, means for actuating the lock by the movement of the tape guide, a spring actuated escapement for moving the tape guide, means for driving each rotatable card holder, and means for releasing the escapement at a predetermined number of revolutions of the said driving means.

"15. A'machine of the kind described, comprisin a rotatable support, card holders independently rotatable in the said support, a tape guide movable parallel with the card holders, a spring driven escapement moving the tape guide in one direction said escapement being regulated from the riving mechanism of the card holder, and means for moving the tape guide in the opposite direction and at the same time windin the escapement sp ing by-the turning of the rotatable support.

16. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with the rotatable support and the card holders inde endcntly rotatable in the said support, of a riving shaft arranged to come opposite each card holder as the r0- 10. A multiple winding machine compristatable support is turned, and a breakable and each driving tatable therein, and the tape guide movable opposite the card holders, of a spring controlled escapement operating the tape. guide in one direction, and alever mechanism operated by the turning of said rotatable support to move the tape guide in the opposite direction.

f 19. The combination with the rotatable support and the card holders rotatable independently in said support, of the longitudinally movable tape guide arranged opposite one of the card holders, a lock to hold the support in a definiteposition, a spring con-.

tape

one direction, an arm path of the rotatable support, a lever connection between the arm and the tape guide to move the tape guide in the opposite direction, and means for opening andvclosing the aforesaid look by the movement of the guide. 20. The combination with the winding apparatus, of a constantly running, folding trolled escapement to move the tape guide in 'and ironing device, afreely suspended weight operated tension device between the 'foldlng and winding apparatus, and means for starting the winding apparatus'over which the tapes run by the fall of the tension weight v 21. The combination with the winding apextendmg into the paratus and the folding apparatus, of a tilt ing lever for starting the winding apparatus, tension pulleys arranged between the winding and folding apparatus to receive. the

tapes, said'tension pulleys being suspended from a Winding drum, and a weight and cableconnected with the winding drum to raise the tension pulleys, said we1ght being arranged in its descent to strike the aforesaid tilting-lever and start the winding apparatus.

22. In a machine .of the kind described,

the combination with the I rotatable .card holder, of a longitudinally movable tape guide arranged said guide comprismg a sliding bar and tape spools thereon, a clutch controlled driving shaft having a connection with the said card holder, a lever controlling the clutch, and

opposite the card holder,

means for moving the lever by the movement of the tape guide. y

23. The combination with the forked card holder having" its prongs arranged in aplurality of pairs, of a flanged plate the inside width of which corresponds to the length of the cards, and the guide strips of said plate adapted to receive the aforesaid prongs between them. f

24. The combination with the winding apparatus, of a constantly running, folding,

and ironing device, a tension device arranged between the folding andwinding apparatus and movable up and down with'the variation of movement of the winding ap-' paratus, and means for starting the Windingapparatus by the movement of the tension device,

WILLIAM E. WRIGHT. v [1,. 8.] FREDERICK w. WRIGHT. [a a] t. mans T. WRIGHT. [n s. Witnesses A. THUR R. CANTRELL,

W. G. QUINLYY. 

